Solarwinds Orion Module Engine won't start on additional poller after FoE...
We have a core server and 8 additional polling engines. The core server was cloned using vCenter and then FoE was installed following the WAN/DR method.After the install the core server seems to be...
View ArticleFailover Engine Failing To Connect Between PRIMARY and SECONDARY
Hi All, I've recently installed Orion Failover Engine v6.7.0 - Additional Polling Engine however when I attempt to start the PRIMARY and SECONDARY nodes the service starts to shut down after a minute....
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Updating Windows Systems with Java 8 Update 60 Corrupts the SolarWinds...
This article provides information about installing the Java™ 8 Update 60 on Microsoft® Windows Server® systems running the SolarWinds® Orion Platform or Additional Polling Engine. IssueAfter you...
View ArticleAdditional poller port requirements
Hello, Could someone please verify for me the below is correct in regards to port requirements for an Additional Poller. - Bidirectional communication on TCP port 17777 between the Primary NPM server...
View ArticleFOE server hostname
HI Guys,can anyone help me clarify this: 1. Will there be any impacts on my solarwinds, if I change my solarwinds server hostname. 2. For my FoE, V2V, pre-clone, do I need both machine to have the...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Site Licenses
I would like to know what are disaster recovery site licenses. Is it another version of Failover Engine? Thanks
View ArticleInstalling *new* Applications once FOE is alreaady installed.
Morning allhttp://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/1480/How+to+Upgrade+SolarWinds+Orion+when+Orion+Failover+Engine+is+Installed I've read the above link to upgrading existing applications...
View ArticleHow to move FoE Secondary Server from LAN to WAN
Hi, We are using FoE to provide HA for now but we have a project to use it as DR.We can repliicate our SQL DB to WAN.We are using 2 Additional pollers and an additionel web server as well. NPM and NCM...
View ArticleCan I speed up the actual failover process?
More specifically, can I speed up the time DNS takes to update it's records so that the failover is less visible.I'm looking to see if there are any switches one can use with nfcmd.exe when FoE goes...
View ArticleOrion Upgrades with FOE
Is there any documentation to how "Upgrades" are handled with Orion products and FOE? I have 2 situations, first is using a single SQL Server and the other with either SQL using Cluster Option or the...
View ArticleCluster or Mirrored Database for failover
What are all of the options we have for fail-over and high availability. Do we go with a standby system and a mirrored DB or cluster it?
View Articlewhat is the role of DNS in FoE DR installation and how can I avoid using it
Hican someone explain the above.what does the FoE has to do with the DNS?how can I skip the DNS part during the installation if I dont want it ? thanksShani
View ArticleFailover Engine query
What failover engine (FOE) and how it works? (Does it sends hello message) Do we need two databases for this product? Does it requires install all Orion modules in both primary and...
View ArticleFOE 6.7 and NPM 11.5.3 and NCM 7.4.1
Has anyone tried running with FOE on the newest NPM and NCM versions.
View ArticleNEW FoE Upgrade Documentation available
Hello folks, this is the SolarWinds Doc Lady with updates on FoE Upgrade docs! We now have three great guides, tested and reviewed hard by the Geeks and SMEs.You can find all upgrade guides for all...
View ArticleFailover engine - switchover works, but doesn't switch during actual failover?
So I've got 2 servers installed in LAN failover mode. NPM 10.1 with APM3.5. If I go into failover manager and do a switchover by clicking on Passive/secondary server and "Make Active", no problems it...
View ArticleWhich IP addresses should be in the Engines table when running FoE/WAN
Hey guys, I've just finished implementing FoE in our 1xCore & 8 APEs environment and noticed something that seemed odd to me. All servers have 2 NICs, one with dns and all the bells 'n whistles and...
View ArticleSolarWinds FOE implementation
Hi All, We are planning to implement SolarWinds FOE in organization. We shall be using services from Neverfail technologies for SQL failover but i have one query we have constraint that our HA setup...
View ArticleCan I speed up the actual failover process?
More specifically, can I speed up the time DNS takes to update it's records so that the failover is less visible.I'm looking to see if there are any switches one can use with nfcmd.exe when FoE goes...
View ArticleFoE and MSSQL Reporting Service
Good afternoon folks,I'm working on my first Solarwinds deployment. I'm having trouble getting one of my nodes to switch over via the failover engine. Let me tell you a bit about our topology: One...
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